OFFICE OF RESIDENCE LIFE
211 Warfield Hall
Oxford, Ohio 45056
(513) 529-4000
MIAMI
UNIVERSITY
Lesson Plan
Title of Strategy: Gender and Sexuality Discussion/Definitions Quiz
Date/Time/Location: _____________________________________
ORL Staff: _________________________ Hall/Corridor/LLC:__________________________
Please answer the following questions regarding your proposed strategy. Please be as
specific as possible.
1. Why are you doing this strategy?
It is not often that we clarify definitions and discuss terms related to sexuality and
gender. By allowing residents to complete the quiz and then discuss the answers,
they will have the opportunity to discuss their own thoughts on the terms. As the
Cultural Competency Resources Committee, we would recommend that the
Assistant Director for GLBTQ Resources/Diversity Affairs or a trained Safe Zone
Trainer come in to help with confusing definitions or to respond to questions.
2. What competency does this achieve?
Effective Community Engagement
(Click here to select Primary Competency)
(Click here to select Secondary Competency)
Academic Success
(Click here to select Primary Competency)
(Click here to select Secondary Competency)
Intrapersonal Development
- Explore personal values and identity
- Identify personal strengths and areas for improvement
Cultural Proficiency
- Engage in positive interactions with people different from one's self
- Participate in various cultural events and activities
3. Please provide an outline/description your strategy below.
The residents will each be handed a copy of the quiz and be allotted time in which to
complete it. After the residents have completed the quiz, they will be able to go
through the answers and ask questions.
The quiz and answers are below.
Cultural Competency Resources:
Gender and Sexuality Quiz
Directions: Match the definition in the left column with a term in the right column.
Definition
1. ___ A heterosexual person who confronts
heterosexism/homophobia
2. ___ Socially constructed behavior expectations for
men and women
3. ___ Fear or discomfort with people who do not
meet our cultural expectations for gender
4. ___ Emotional, affectional, and sexual attractions
and behavior toward someone of another sex
(heterosexual), same-sex (lesbian or gay) or any sex
(bisexual, pansexual).
5. ___ A system of cultural beliefs and practices that
assume a fixed, binary system of gender into which
everyone must fit.
6. ___ A person who alters his/her body through
surgery or hormonal treatments to live as another
gender or sex.
7. ___ A person born with both male and female
physiological or anatomical sex characteristics.
8. ___ The sex one is assigned at birth based on
visible physiological and anatomical sex
characteristics.
9. ___ A person who enjoys dressing in clothes
typically associated with another gender, often are
heterosexual men.
10. ___ A person whose self-definition challenges
and disrupts traditional binary conceptions an
boundaries of gender.
11. ___ A system of institutional and cultural beliefs,
norms, and practices that advantages heterosexuals.
12. ___ A system of beliefs and practices that
privileges men and subordinates women.
13. ___ A person’s sense of being a woman, a man
or other gender identification.
14. ___ An umbrella term used by some lesbian, gay,
bisexual people to refer to themselves, often to avoid
binary and static conceptions of sex, gender, and
Term
A. Intersex
B. Gender Identity
C. Transsexual
D. Sexism
E. Queer
F. Homophobia/Biphobia
G. Heterosexism
H. Transgender
I. Sexual Orientation
J. Transgender Oppression
K. Biological/ Birth Sex
L. Heterosexual Ally
M. Heterosexual Privilege
N. Transphobia
sexuality.
15. ___ The fear, hatred, or intolerance of lesbian,
gay, bisexual people.
16. ___ The assumption that heterosexuality is the
only normal sexual identity
17. ___ Advantages received by heterosexuals in a
heterosexist society
O. Cross Dresser
P. Gender Roles
Q. Heteronormativity
Answer Key for the Gender and Sexuality Quiz
1.
Heterosexual Ally – A heterosexual person who confronts heterosexism/homophobia
2. Gender Roles – Socially constructed behavior expectations for men and women
3. Transphobia – Fear of or discomfort with people who do not meet our cultural expectations for
gender expression
4. Sexual Orientation – Emotional, affectional, and sexual attractions toward someone of another sex
(heterosexual), same-sex (lesbian or gay), or any sex (bisexual or pansexual)
5. Transgender Expression – A system of cultural beliefs and practices that assume a fixed, binary
system of gender into which everyone must fit
6. Transsexual – A person who alters their body through surgery or hormonal treatments to live as
another gender or sex
7. Intersex – A person born with both make and female physiological or anatomical sex characteristics
8. Biological/Birth Sex – The sex one is assigned at birth based on visible physiological and anatomical
sex characteristics
9. Cross Dresser – A person who enjoys dressing in clothes typically associated with another gender,
often are heterosexual men
10. Transgender – A person whose self-definition challenges and disrupts traditional binary conceptions
and boundaries of gender and sexuality
11. Heterosexism – A system of institutional and cultural beliefs, norms, and practices that advantages
heterosexuals
12. Sexism – A system of beliefs and practices that privileges men and subordinates women
13. Gender Identity – A person’s sense of being a women a man, or other gender identification
14. Queer – An umbrella term used by some lesbian, gay, bisexual, people to refer to themselves, often
to avoid binary and static conceptions of sex, gender, and sexuality
15. Homophobia/Biphobia – the fear, hatred, or intolerance of lesbian, gay, bisexual people
16. Heteronormativity – The assumption that heterosexuality is the only normal sexual identity
17. Heterosexual Privilege – The system of advantages received by heterosexuals in a heterosexist society
4. How will you know if the participants have achieved the competency? (Select all
that apply)
 Survey (please list questions below)
 Pre-Test Post-test (please list questions below)
 Observed, obvious changed behavior
 Follow-up discussions (please list questions below)
 Other (describe below)